Williams v. Chick’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.2d 330 · 1967
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 9 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently December 2006 · most notably Larsen v. General Motors Corp. (1968), Giordano v. Lee (1970)
37 federal appellate · 9 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · Pierce v. Ford Motor Co. · Traylor v. Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc. · Jacobson v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘ * * * It is only where it is perfectly clear that there are no issues in the case that a summary judgment is proper. Even in cases where the judge is of opinion that he will have to direct a verdict for one party or the other on the issues that have been raised, he should ordinarily hear the evidence and direct the verdict rather than attempt to try the case in advance on a motion for summary judgment, which was never intended to enable parties to evade jury trials or have the judge weigh evidence in advance of its being presented. * * *• ’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a summary judgment proceeding does not provide a very satisfactory approach in tort cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Giordano v. Lee
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.